# BrandCited > BrandCited is an AI visibility platform that tracks how brands appear across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, DeepSeek, Llama, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Monitor mentions, citations, and sentiment. Get prioritized fixes ranked by impact to improve presence in AI search and answer engines (GEO / AEO). ## About - [how-it-works](https://www.brandcited.ai/how-it-works): Scan, audit, fix, track — the four-step flow - [Canonical entity page](https://www.brandcited.ai/brandcited): Canonical entity page — what BrandCited is, in one place - [about](https://www.brandcited.ai/about): Company, mission, principles - [methodology](https://www.brandcited.ai/methodology): How AI visibility scores are calculated - [methodology › sources](https://www.brandcited.ai/methodology/sources): Research, studies, and citations behind the methodology - [ai-policy](https://www.brandcited.ai/ai-policy) ## Product - [AI Visibility Tracking](https://www.brandcited.ai/features/ai-visibility) - [Site Audit](https://www.brandcited.ai/features/site-audit) - [Growth Actions](https://www.brandcited.ai/features/growth-actions) - [Competitor Analysis](https://www.brandcited.ai/features/competitor-analysis) - [Knowledge Base](https://www.brandcited.ai/features/knowledge-base) - [Reports](https://www.brandcited.ai/features/reports) ## Solutions by Industry - [Solutions overview](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions): playbooks for 15 verticals - [SaaS](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/saas) - [Ecommerce](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/ecommerce) - [Healthcare](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/healthcare) - [Fintech](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/fintech) - [Marketing Agencies](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/marketing-agencies) - [Media & Publishing](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/media-publishing) - [Real Estate](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/real-estate) - [Legal](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/legal) - [Education](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/education) - [Travel](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/travel) - [Consumer Brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/consumer-brands) - [Consulting](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/consulting) - [Food & Hospitality](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/food-hospitality) - [Manufacturing](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/manufacturing) - [Nonprofits](https://www.brandcited.ai/solutions/nonprofits) ## Research & Data - [State of AI Visibility 2026](https://www.brandcited.ai/state-of-ai-visibility-2026): inaugural cross-cohort data study — 75 brands, 9 engines, 3 regions, CC-BY-4.0 license - [State of Zero-Click AI 2026](https://www.brandcited.ai/state-of-zero-click-ai-2026): second flagship study — 200+ brands × 9 engines × 90 days, Q3 2026 release, CC-BY-4.0 license - [AI Visibility Indexes](https://www.brandcited.ai/indexes): regional rankings refreshed quarterly - [New York Index](https://www.brandcited.ai/indexes/new-york) - [San Francisco Index](https://www.brandcited.ai/indexes/san-francisco) - [Dubai Index](https://www.brandcited.ai/indexes/dubai) - [Case Studies](https://www.brandcited.ai/case-studies): real brand results ## Resources - [Blog](https://www.brandcited.ai/blog): AI visibility research, news, and tactics - [Learning Hub](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn): 25+ free guides on GEO, AEO, and AI search - [Glossary](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/glossary): terms in AI search and citation tracking - [Schema Library](https://www.brandcited.ai/schema-library): copy-paste JSON-LD templates - [FAQ](https://www.brandcited.ai/faq): common questions - [Press](https://www.brandcited.ai/press): press kit and media mentions - [Changelog](https://www.brandcited.ai/changelog): product updates - [Newsletter](https://www.brandcited.ai/newsletter): weekly AI visibility insights - [Editorial policy](https://www.brandcited.ai/editorial-policy): how content is researched, sourced, and reviewed ## Tools - [Tools overview](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools): free GEO + AEO calculators and validators - [Llms Txt Generator](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools/llms-txt-generator) - [Schema Generator](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools/schema-generator) - [Robots Txt Auditor](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools/robots-txt-auditor) - [Ai Visibility Score](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools/ai-visibility-score) - [Citation Likelihood](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools/citation-likelihood) - [Schema Coverage Audit](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools/schema-coverage-audit) - [Engine Coverage Gap](https://www.brandcited.ai/tools/engine-coverage-gap) ## Compare (head-to-head) - [Compare overview](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare): line-by-line BrandCited vs alternatives - [vs Semrush](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/semrush) - [vs Similarweb](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/similarweb) - [vs Otterly](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/otterly) - [vs Profound](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/profound) - [vs Peec](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/peec) - [vs Scrunch](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/scrunch) - [vs Evertune](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/evertune) - [vs Ahrefs Brand Radar](https://www.brandcited.ai/compare/ahrefs-brand-radar) ## Alternatives (alternativeTo framing) - [Alternatives overview](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives): index of "looking for X alternatives" pages - [Semrush alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/semrush) - [Similarweb alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/similarweb) - [Otterly alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/otterly) - [Profound alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/profound) - [Peec alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/peec) - [Scrunch alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/scrunch) - [Evertune alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/evertune) - [Ahrefs Brand Radar alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/alternatives/ahrefs-brand-radar) ## Key Guides - [GEO playbook](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/geo-playbook) - [AI ranking factors](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/ai-ranking-factors) - [Schema guide for AI](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/schema-guide) - [llms.txt implementation guide](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/llms-txt-guide) - [AI crawlers and what they index](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/ai-crawlers) - [What is AI visibility](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/what-is-ai-visibility) - [How to run your first AI visibility audit](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/first-ai-visibility-audit) - [SEO vs GEO vs AEO](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/seo-vs-geo-vs-aeo) - [How AI search engines work](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/how-ai-search-engines-work) - [How to get cited by ChatGPT](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/get-cited-by-chatgpt) - [Perplexity SEO guide](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/perplexity-seo-guide) - [Google AI Overviews guide](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/google-ai-overviews-guide) - [Emerging AI platforms to track](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/emerging-ai-platforms) - [Microsoft Copilot visibility](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/microsoft-copilot-visibility) - [robots.txt for AI bots](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/robots-txt-for-ai) - [Advanced schema for AI citation](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/advanced-schema-for-ai-citation) - [Track AI referral traffic in GA4](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/track-ai-referral-traffic-ga4) - [Building a brand entity (Wikidata + Knowledge Graph)](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/building-brand-entity) - [Content architecture and chunk strategy](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/content-architecture-chunk-strategy) - [The VAMP framework](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/vamp-framework) - [Competitive AI visibility analysis](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/competitive-ai-visibility-analysis) - [AI visibility for ecommerce](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/ai-visibility-ecommerce) - [AI visibility for SaaS](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/ai-visibility-saas) - [GEO content calendar](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/geo-content-calendar) - [Agency's guide to AI visibility reporting](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/agency-guide-ai-visibility-reporting) - [Why ChatGPT cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-chatgpt-cites) - [Why Claude cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-claude-cites) - [Why Gemini cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-gemini-cites) - [Why Perplexity cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-perplexity-cites) - [Why Grok cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-grok-cites) - [Why DeepSeek cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-deepseek-cites) - [Why Microsoft Copilot cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-copilot-cites) - [Why Google AI Overviews cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-google-ai-overviews-cites) - [Why Llama / Meta AI cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-llama-cites) - [Why Apple Intelligence cites some brands](https://www.brandcited.ai/learn/why-apple-intelligence-cites) ## Pricing - [Pricing](https://www.brandcited.ai/pricing): Free tier plus paid plans. Current plan details on the pricing page. ## Trust - [security](https://www.brandcited.ai/security) - [privacy](https://www.brandcited.ai/privacy) - [terms](https://www.brandcited.ai/terms) - [refund](https://www.brandcited.ai/refund) ## Contact - Email: hello@brandcited.ai - [Contact form](https://www.brandcited.ai/contact) ## Programmatic discovery - [Sitemap index](https://www.brandcited.ai/sitemap.xml): every public URL, grouped by content type - [Image sitemap](https://www.brandcited.ai/sitemap-images.xml): OG and content images - [News sitemap](https://www.brandcited.ai/sitemap-news.xml): posts published in the last 48 hours - [Atom feed](https://www.brandcited.ai/feed.xml): latest blog posts (RSS-style XML) - [JSON Feed](https://www.brandcited.ai/feed.json): latest blog posts (JSON Feed 1.1) - [Full content corpus](https://www.brandcited.ai/llms-full.txt): every page concatenated for offline LLM ingestion - [Agent discovery hub](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent): index of every machine-readable endpoint - [Agent page fetcher](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/page?url=/brandcited&format=markdown): clean Markdown of any public page for AI agents - [Agent skills index](https://www.brandcited.ai/agent.json): callable skills with input schemas (root alias) - [Training consent](https://www.brandcited.ai/ai.txt): explicit training, retrieval, and citation policy - [MCP server card](https://www.brandcited.ai/.well-known/mcp-server.json): tools the site exposes via Model Context Protocol - [Agent skills index](https://www.brandcited.ai/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json): callable skills with input schemas - [AI plugin manifest](https://www.brandcited.ai/.well-known/ai-plugin.json): legacy OpenAI plugin compatibility - [API catalog](https://www.brandcited.ai/.well-known/api-catalog): RFC 9727 advertisement of the public API - [OpenAPI spec](https://www.brandcited.ai/.well-known/openapi.json): machine-readable API description - [HTTP Message Signatures directory](https://www.brandcited.ai/.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory): Web Bot Auth (Google May 2026) key directory ## WebMCP + on-device AI surfaces - [WebMCP manifest](https://www.brandcited.ai/webmcp.json): structured tool list per the May 2026 WebMCP draft (https://webmachinelearning.github.io/webmcp/). WebMCP-aware browsers register every tool here on page load via navigator.modelContext.registerTool(). - [C2PA content credentials policy](https://www.brandcited.ai/.well-known/c2pa.json): per-surface AI-assistance posture (human-authored / AI-assisted / AI-generated / mixed). Mirrored in the Content-Credentials HTTP header on every public page. - On-device AI: every blog article surfaces Chrome 148+ Built-in AI Summarizer + Translator buttons (Gemini Nano, local-only). Returns null on non-Chrome browsers; nothing leaves the device. - Speculation Rules: marketing pages emit a tiered prerender/prefetch ruleset (eager prerender on /scan/*, moderate prefetch on /blog/* /learn/* /compare/* /alternatives/* /features/* /tools/*, conservative on /pricing). Excludes every authenticated surface. - View Transitions: cross-document same-origin view transitions per the May 2026 spec, with prefers-reduced-motion respected. - AI content policy: on every page, the spec-correct successor to the earlier per-feature meta proposals. - Every public page emits Vary: Accept + a multi-rel Link header pointing at webmcp / mcp-server / agent-skills / content-credentials so header-probing agents discover surfaces without parsing HTML. ## JSON content corpora - [Blog](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/blog): every published post as JSON - [Learn](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/learn): every learn-hub guide as JSON - [Glossary](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/glossary): every term as JSON - [Alternatives](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/alternatives): per-competitor alternatives pages - [Compare](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/compare): per-competitor BrandCited-vs pages - [Case studies](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/case-studies): every published case study - [Authors](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/authors): editorial author profiles - [Services](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/services): pricing + plan catalog - [Schema library](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/schema-library): JSON-LD templates - [Tools](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/tools): free tools catalog with formulas + sources - [Policy tracker](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/policy-tracker): engine + crawler update timeline - [Changelog](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/changelog): product release log - [Knowledge hub search](https://www.brandcited.ai/api/agent/knowledge-hub?q=schema): unified search across glossary + learn + alternatives + tools + policy ## Entity - Wikidata: [Q139473440](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q139473440) - LinkedIn: [brandcited](https://www.linkedin.com/company/brandcited/) - X: [@brandcited](https://x.com/brandcited) - Facebook: [brandcited](https://www.facebook.com/brandcited/) - Instagram: [brandcited](https://www.instagram.com/brandcited/) - Official site: https://www.brandcited.ai ## Crawler policy All reputable AI and search bots are allowed on every public marketing page. Disallowed paths (dashboard, admin, internal APIs) are gated app surfaces. See https://www.brandcited.ai/robots.txt for the full list and https://www.brandcited.ai/ai.txt for explicit training/retrieval/citation consent. ## Disambiguation BrandCited is the AI visibility tracking platform at https://www.brandcited.ai. Not affiliated with other entities sharing similar names in unrelated industries.